Opinion
Opinion
LGBTQIA+
Indigenous Tribes Respect Multiple Gender Identities—Anti-Trans Bills Threaten Long Tradition
Jun 8, 2023 New anti-transgender laws will hurt Indigenous peoples’ rights and religious expression.
Courts & Law
Abortion Bans Could Be Used To Prosecute Pregnant People
Jan 18, 2023 Legislation in Oklahoma and remarks from the Alabama attorney general could foreshadow new efforts to punish people who induce their own abortions.
Women
Why Whisper Networks Matter
Jan 5, 2023 Whisper networks form because women realize that the process of formally reporting incidents is slow and generally doesn’t work.
Women
Reproductive Wrongs
Dec 19, 2022 Authorities are doing to regulate anti-abortion pregnancy centers, even when the risks to women are significant.
Middle East
Woman Life Freedom
Dec 7, 2022 In the towns of Kurdistan, the regime’s security forces not only use bullets and gas in the streets, but shoot people inside their homes and cars.2023 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Gender and Society
Stephen King Walks Back Diversity Remarks After Twitter Backlash
Jan 17, 2020 Another public debate has erupted on Twitter about the need for diversity in the entertainment industry—with the author as instigator.
Half of American Men Can’t Handle the Prospect of a Female President
Nov 19, 2019 Even other women aren’t so sure.
Is Trump Building a White Ethnostate?
Aug 9, 2019 Author and University of Michigan professor Alexandra Minna Stern traces the origins of America's burgeoning white nationalist movement.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
Aug 2, 2019 Mithu Sanyal tackles some thorny questions surrounding rape, including the pressures we place on victims to speak out, in her meticulous new book.
The Chronic Illness Killing Generations of Men
Jul 5, 2019 Jared Yates Sexton traces the roots of “toxic masculinity” running through his life back to WWII, and charts a hopeful path forward.
